Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A style of electronic dance music with a heavy, synthesized bass and drum lines and rapid tempos, originally popularized at parties held in abandoned warehouses.
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- noun A particular type of
electronic dance music with anuptempo beat and recurringkickdrum .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After (The Ware)house, nightclub in Chicago where it was first popularized.]
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From the name of the Warehouse club in Chicago, where this style of music was invented
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